Common Name:
Golden Raintree
Three species of flat topped, spreading, deciduous trees or shrubs. Leaves alternate, simple or bipinnate. Flowers yellow in large terminal clusters. Fruit is a bladder-like inflated capsule. Native to China and Taiwan.
Koelreuteria: after Joseph Gottlieb Koelreuter (1733-1806), German professor of botany.
Pronunciation:
kol-ru-TEE-ri-a
Family:
Sapindaceae